Project Ithaca
'A group of strangers find themselves locked in a confined space together and hope to puzzle their way out in order to survive' is not exactly a new premise. Decent examples include Cube, which managed
I Am Mother
We never find out why or how, but the world's population has been wiped out entirely and turned the planet into a poisonous wasteland. Apparently, some of humanity had anticipated this and created a a
Captive State
We have seen quite a few movies set in a bleak dystopian future in recent times. Captive State sees the population living in a surveillance state following an alien invasion that took place a decade
Replicas
Keanu Reeves may not exactly be a great character actor, but he has made some Most Excellent movies (sorry...) and his recent success in the John Wick universe confirms he can play the right kind
A.I. Rising
The best thing about the movie A.I. Rising is its poster. Clearly an attempt to ride on the coattails of the infinitely better Ex Machina, these two movies don't deserve to be mentioned in the
Overlord
A squadron of US paratroopers is sent into a small village in France right ahead of D-Day to take down a particular clock tower, which hides a Nazi radio installation that relays communications between Berlin
Border (Gräns)
Tina (Eva Melander) is an unprepossessing customs officer at a an international ferry port; she looks different from other people due to a chromosome flaw as she will explain. She also has a unique talent
Mortal Engines
It sounded so promising; a fantasy adaptation with a screenplay by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who together also wrote the screenplays for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A small caveat -
Bird Box
Bird Box jumps between two timelines - we start with Malorie (Sandra Bullock) and two kids travelling blindfolded in a boat down a river, where to we do not know, but right from the opening
The Endless
Two brothers, Aaron (Aaron Moorhead) and Justin (Justin Benson) have escaped a "UFO Death Cult" many years ago, but they still struggle to rebuild a normal life. Justin has the strongest negative memories of the